Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entity reporting and financial obligations - Reporting obligations - Planning: statement of intent

146: Process for providing statement of intent to responsible Minister

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If you are a Crown entity, you must give your statement of intent to your responsible Minister. You do this by first giving them a draft of your statement of intent. You must do this not later than 2 months before the start of the financial year, or at a time your Minister says if you are a new entity.

Your Minister will then give you their comments on your draft within 15 working days. You must think about these comments and then give your final statement of intent to your Minister. You do this as soon as you can, but before the financial year starts, or within 25 working days if you are a new entity or if your Minister asked for the statement under section 139A.

You must follow this process to make sure your statement of intent is given to your Minister on time. Your Minister can ask for your statement of intent under section 139A and you must give it to them within the time they say. If your Minister does not give you comments within 15 working days, you still must give them your final statement of intent within 25 working days.

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Part 4Crown entity reporting and financial obligations
Reporting obligations: Planning: statement of intent

146Process for providing statement of intent to responsible Minister

A Crown entity that is required to prepare a statement of intent must provide it to its responsible Minister.
The process that must be followed in providing a statement of intent is as follows:
the Crown entity must provide a draft statement of intent to its responsible Minister—
1. not later than 2 months before the start of the first financial year to which the statement of intent relates; or
2. in the case of a newly established Crown entity, within the time frame specified by the responsible Minister; or
3. if the responsible Minister has requested the statement of intent under section 139A, within the time frame specified by the responsible Minister; and
the responsible Minister must provide to the entity any comments that he or she may have on the draft not later than 15 working days after receiving it; and
the entity must consider the comments (if any) on the draft and provide the final statement of intent to its responsible Minister—
1. as soon as practicable after receiving the comments (if any) but before the start of the first financial year to which the statement of intent relates; or
2. in the case of a newly established Crown entity,—
  1. as soon as practicable, but not later than 25 working days, after receiving the comments; or
  2. if the responsible Minister does not provide comments within the period specified in paragraph (b), not later than 25 working days after the end of that period; or
3. if the responsible Minister has requested the statement of intent under section 139A,—
  1. as soon as practicable, but not later than 25 working days, after receiving the comments; or
  2. if the responsible Minister does not provide comments within the period specified in paragraph (b), not later than 25 working days after the end of that period.

Notes

Section 146(2): replaced, on 1 July 2014, by section 55 of the Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 51).